The changing nature of global health institutions

In January 2010 PLoS Medicine published a four-part weekly series examining the ways in which global health institutions and arrangements are changing and evolving.

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In the introductory article Nicole A. Szlezák of Harvard University and colleagues analyze the changing relationships between “old actors” in global health (such as the World Health Organization and national health ministries) and new actors, such as public-private partnerships for health and new civil society organizations.

In the second article in the series, Julio Frenk offers a framework to better understand national health systems and their role in global health. (A video of a lecture given by Julio Frenk on globalization and health is available on the National Institutes of Health website).